Licking County carcinogen plume moving

ODOT buying two more houses to mitigate contamination

8:29 AM,
Apr. 10, 2013

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New test results released by the Ohio Department of Transportation appear to support the department's theory that a plume of chemicals from a former testing plant is moving underground to the south and east.

Deputy Director Joe Rutherford said the chemicals, mainly trichloroethylene, a carcinogen, seeped into groundwater under James and South Pine streets. The chemicals were used at the testing plant before people knew TCE was a carcinogen.

In September, eight homes were designated as being located over the plume and ODOT made plans to buy those properties from the homeowners and ...